Hyderabad earns three points as match ends in draw

Porvorim (Goa): Amol Shinde grabbed three wickets as Hyderabad bowled out Goa for 465 and took 49 runs first innings lead to earn three points from their Group C Ranji Trophy match which ended in a draw on the final day here today.

Hyderabad took their tally to 15 points from six matches. Goa, who got one point from today's draw, took their tally to 16 points from six matches.

Resuming at their overnight score of 273/5, Goa's tail wagged before Amol Shinde struck when he cleaned-bowled H H Gadekar for 26.

Thereafter, Shadab Jakati (80) and D W Misal (57) defied the visitors and looked they would take first innings lead before Alfred Absolem had well-settled D W Misal caught behind by wicketkeeper Habeeb Ahmed for 57.

Jakati, who put on 101 runs for the seventh wicket with Misal, too, followed him when he was caught and bowled by Sandeep for 80 to end Goa's challenge.

Amol Shinde then struck in quick succession to dismiss A R Yadav (29) and B A Mangaldas (0) to have Goa all out for 465

Amol Shinde, who was the most successful bowler, claimed three wickets, while Alfred Absolem and B P Sandeep took one wicket each.

In reply, Hyderabad were 12 for no loss in their second innings when play ended with T Suman and P A Reddy remaining unbeaten on 1 and 10 respectively. Following is the score board on the final day of the four day Group 'C' Ranji Trophy league match between Goa and Hyderabad, played at Academy ground, Provorim, here today. Hyderabad 1st Innings 514/6 decl. Goa 1st Innings (overnight 273/5)

H H Gadekar lbw B Amol Shinde 26

D W Misal c wk Habeeb Ahmed b Alfred Absolem 57

Shadab Jakati c&b B P 80

A R Yadav c D B Ravi Teja b Amol Shinde 29

S S Bandekar not out 02

B A Mangaldas c S Ahmed Quadri b Amol Shinde 00

Extras: (w-2, b-6, lb-11) 19

Total: 465 all out in 164.4 overs

Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-26, 3-131, 4-254, 5-258, 6-305, 7-406, 8-455, 9-465, 10-465

Bowling: Ravi Kiran 38-6-68, Alfred Absolem 31-8-68-2, A Lalit Mohan 19-2-78-0, G H Vihari 17-6-41-1, Amol Shinde 38.4-8-92-3, T Suman 2-0-12-0, S Ahmed Quadri 13-2-31-0, B P Sandeep 6-1-14-1.

Hyderabad 2nd Innings

T Suman not out 01

P A Reddy not out 10

Extras: (lb-1) 1

Total: 12 for no loss in 5 overs

Bowling: H H Gadekar 3-2-1-0, B A Mangaldas 2-0-10-0.

Odisha prevent Mumbai from scoring outright win

Odisha prevent Mumbai from scoring outright win

Mumbai: Forced to follow on, Odisha fought hard to earn a draw against Mumbai as Natraj Behera scored his second century of the match on the fourth and final day of their Group A Ranji Trophy tie here today.

The visitors, who resumed on 115 for two in their second innings, 130 runs behind Mumbai's first innings total of 501, batted sensibly to deny the hosts an outright win.

At stumps on day four, Odisha were 356 for five with Natraj and Sujit Lenka (0 not out) on the crease.

Natraj, who hit 130 in the first innings, once again showed good application as he rescued his team by scoring an unbeaten 127 off 218 deliveries, laced with 17 fours and three sixes.

Starting the day on 20, Natraj survived a drop catch when he was on 61 by Wasim Jaffer off Pravin Tambe bowling. He used it to good effect and helped his team remain unbeaten at the close of play.

Natraj also put on a solid 147-run stand with Niranjan Behera for the third wicket before the latter was dismissed in the fifth over after lunch.

Niranjan, who too got a reprieve when he was on 28, made a patient 206-ball 59. His knock comprised of nine boundaries, including the one he struck to bring up his half century.

Still nine runs short of equalising Mumbai's total when Niranjan departed, Natraj and captain Biplab Samantray shared a 64-run partnership to take the total to 300.

Samantray, who struck two fours and a six during his 68-ball 27, got out with the visitors on 300 for four.

Abhilash Mallick played a cameo with a quickfire 40, which included seven fours and a six.

From 352 for five, Natraj and wicketkeeper-batsman Lenka kept the rival bowlers at bay for a couple of overs till play was called off after the mandatory overs. The defending champions Mumbai, who were seeking their fourth outright victory, were hurt by their young side's inept bowling that was complimented by poor fielding.

Tambe, who had picked up two wickets yesterday, was unlucky today after two catches were dropped off his bowling. He finished with figures of 33-8-127-2. Javed Khan, Vishal Dabholkar and Siddhesh Lad took wicket a piece.

Mumbai secured three points from this match for a total of 23 points from six games, but have slipped a place from top of the table.

Odisha, meanwhile, have gained a solitary point for their effort.

Brief scores:

Mumbai: 501 for nine decl (Wasim Jaffer 143, Hiken Shah 170; Basant Mohanty 3/73, Dhiraj Singh 3/117).

Odisha: 256 (Natraj Behera 130, Biplab Samatray 39; Javed Khan 4/53, Shardul Thakur 3/54) & 356 for 5 (Natraj Behera 127 not out, Niranjan Behera 59; Pravin Tambe 2/127).

Karnataka earn bonus points crushing Punjab by 10 wickets

Karnataka earn bonus points crushing Punjab by 10 wickets

Hubli: Gurkeerat Singh's valiant century went in vain as Karnataka humbled Punjab by 10 wickets to get seven points in their Group A Ranji Trophy match at KSCA Stadium here today.

Resuming at overnight score of 156 for five, Punjab's batting collapsed like house of cards after Gurkeerat and Gitansh Khera played a superb knock of 157 and 84, respectively.

The visitors folded their second innings at 361, which left Karnataka to chase a modest target of 31 runs to register an outright victory. Punjab had scored 174 all out in their first innings and Karnataka replied with a big total of 505 for nine declared.

The hosts chased down the motley target in just 4.5 overs with openers Mayank Agarwal and Lokesh Rahul remaining unbeaten on eight and 25, respectively.

Karnataka picked up six points for registering an outright victory and bonus one point for winning it with 10 wickets in hand.

With this win, Karnataka are now table-toppers with 26 points from six games, leaving Mumbai behind with 23 points in as many matches.

Earlier, Khera and Gurkeerat raised Punjab's hopes of unlikely draw as the two shared a 186-run stand for sixth wicket but once both were dismissed after striking 29 boundaries among them, Punjab began to drown.

Tailenders Manpreet Gony (14), who has one fifty under his belt in a first-class match, and Sandeep Sharma (11) could not offer any resistance as captain Vinay Kumar's pace broke the ominous Khera-Gurkeerat partnership.

Stuart Binny had Gurkeerat caught by Agarwal behind stumps, which triggered Punjab's lower-order collapse.

Punjab's misfortune, their tail didn't wag as HS Sharath and Binny ran through the lower order, which prompted Karnataka to chase a low target.

Brief Scores: Punjab 174 & 361 (Gurkeerat Singh 157, Gitansh Khera 84, Abhimanyu Mithun 3/59, HS Sharath 3/75) lost to Karnataka 505/9 dec & 33/0. Karnataka won by 10 wickets.

Points: Karnataka 7; Punjab 0.

J&K thrash Assam by 9 wkts

J&K thrash Assam by 9 wkts

Jammu: Pacer Samiullah Beigh grabbed four wickets in an impressive bowling spell on the fourth and final morning to set up Jammu and Kashmir's nine-wicket victory over Assam here today.

Beigh claimed all the four Assam wickets that fell today to end with innings figures of 6 for 42, his first five-for in this Ranji season.

Riding on Beigh's early onslaught, J&K skittled Assam out for 195 before the home side batsmen chased down the target of 32 runs to give them their fourth win in six games.

Assam began the fourth and final day on a slippery 156 for 6 and they would have hoped to find a way to salvage a draw. Instead, Beigh struck between the 46th and 54th overs to bundle the visiting side out.

Assam's second innings lasted just 10.4 overs today and they added 39 runs at the expense of four wickets.

J&K achieved the target in 6.2 overs but lost opener Adil Rishi (13), thus wasting their chance of claiming the extra bonus point.

Jammu & Kashmir collected six points from their outright win while Assam got none.

Brief Score:

Jammu & Kashmir: 427 and 32 for 1 beat Assam 263 and 195 (Abu Nechim Ahmed 50; Samiullah Beigh 6/42) by 9 wickets.

Points: Jammu & Kashmir 6, Assam 0.

Andhra earn three points, Himachal settle for one

Andhra earn three points, Himachal settle for one

Visakhapatnam: Andhra settled for three points by the virtue if their first-innings lead in the Ranji Trophy Group C match against Himachal Pradesh that ended in a draw but not before some excitement as the visitors lost a clump of wickets with stumps in sight.

Chasing an unlikely target of 345, Himachal lost a few wickets towards the end of the fourth and final day with medium pacer Gonnabattula Chiranjeevi instilling some excitement, claiming three wickets between the 33rd and 35th overs.

But Himachal had enough batsmen to survive until stumps were drawn.

Until the mini collapse was triggered, Himachal were pretty well placed, riding on half-centuries from Paras Dogra (64) and Prashant Chopra (63).

Earlier, Andhra resumed their second innings on 39 for one and the two overnight batsmen -- Prasanth Kumar (51) and Murumulla Sriram (101 not out) -- scored a half-century and an unbeaten hundred, respectively.

Sriram was the key batsman, who struck 10 fours en-route to his maiden first-class ton and starred in two big stands -- 84 for the second wicket with Prasanth and 109 for the third wicket with Chiranjeevi, who was also useful with the bat.

Chiranjeevi struck six fours and a six in his 54, as Andhra declared at 232 for three.

Brief scores:

Andhra: 417 (Prasanth Kumar 199; Rishi Dhawan 5/125) & 232 for three decl (Murumulla Sriram not out 101, GK Chiranjeevi 54).

Himachal Pradesh: 305 (Nikhil Gangta 115, Vikramjeet Malik 83) & 154 for five (Paras Dogra 64, Prashant Chopra 63).

Saxena, Pandey give MP first innings lead over Saurashtra

Saxena, Pandey give MP first innings lead over Saurashtra

Indore: Madhya Pradesh rode on pacer Ishwar Pandey's five-wicket haul and Jalaj Saxena's all-rounnd show to take a vital first innings lead of 127 runs over Saurashtra after bowling out the visitors for 492 on the final day of their Ranji Trophy Group B match, here today.

Pandey scalped four wickets today to return with figures of five for 144, while after hitting 194 with the bat, Saxena picked up three wickets for 85, including that of overnight centurion Sagar Jogiyani, with his off-spinners to help MP pocket three points from the encounter.

MP had scored 619 for eight declared in their first essay.

At the close of play, MP were 119 for two in their second innings with Saxena unbeaten on 56 and Anand Bais on 22.

Opener Satyam Choudhary (29) and Naman Ojha (1) were the two wickets to fall, both becoming victims of run outs.

Earlier, resuming at the overnight score of 362 for three, the remaining seven Saurashtra batsmen could add just 130 runs to gift away the crucial first innings lead to MP.

Jogiyani, unbeaten on 137 yesterday, was unlucky to miss out on a double ton as fell 10 runs short of the magic figure as he became Saxena's victim.

Thereafter, no other Saurashtra batsmen could put up a fight before the disciplined MP attack. Only skipper Jaydev Shah (21) and Aarpit Vasavada (35) put on bits and pieces contribution before the visitors were bowled in 144.1 overs.

By virtue of this draw, MP pocketed three vital points, while Saurashtra had to return home with just one point.

Brief Scores:

Madhya Pradesh: 619/8 decl & 119 for two in 34 overs (Jalaj Saxena 56).

Saurashtra: 492 all out in 144.1 overs (Sagar Jogiyani 190, Sheldon Jackson 84; Ishwar Pandey 5/144, Jalaj Saxena 3/85).

Points: Madhya Pradesh 3, Saurashtra 1.

Merai, Venugopal hit tons to give Gujarat three points

Merai, Venugopal hit tons to give Gujarat three points

Ahmedabad: Bhargav Merai (198) missed out on what would have been his maiden double-hundred by a mere two runs while Venugopal Rao struck 111 as Gujarat produced a fine batting display to overhaul Haryana's first innings total and earn three points from their drawn Ranji Trophy Group A match here today.

Gujarat scored 578 for eight, five more than Haryana's first innings 573 for 6 declared with number 10 Rujul Bhatt batting with an injury before retiring hurt on 26 on the fourth and final day.

Resuming the day on 314 for 4 with Merai on 115 and Rao on 64, Gujarat added 264 runs in 75 overs and lost four wickets at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera.

The home side eased past 400 as Merai crossed 150 and Rao scored his 14th first-class hundred. But their massive 256-run stand ended when Rao was trapped lbw for 111. Manpreet Juneja did not survive for too long as he also fell to off-spinner Jayant Yadav, leaving the score at 437 for 6, still 136 behind.

Akshar Patel steadied the innings as Merai headed towards his double-ton, but fell short by two runs when he was bowled by Amit Mishra.

Akshar and Rakesh Dhurv then took Gujarat past 500 but Mishra halted their charge by getting rid of Dhurv for 17. Bhatt, who had injured himself while fielding on the second day and had not taken the field since, joined Akshar with two fractured fingers. He battled for more than an hour, faced 56 deliveries and scored a vital 26 runs which took Gujarat past Haryana's 573 after which Bhatt retired hurt.

Akshar stayed unbeaten on 69 off 98, which featured nine fours.

Gujarat collected three points by virtue of taking the first innings lead while Haryana got one.

Brief Score:

Gujarat: 578 for 8 (Merai 198, Rao 111, Akshar Patel 69 not out; Amit Mishra 4/169) drew with Haryana 573 for 6 dec.

Points: Gujarat 3, Haryana 1.

TN earn three points from a draw against Railways

TN earn three points from a draw against Railways

New Delhi: Tamil Nadu earned three points from the drawn encounter against Railways with a first-innings lead after only 14 overs of play was possible on the fourth and final day of their Group B Ranji Trophy match here today.

Tamil Nadu scored 246 in their first innings and then bundled out Railways for a meagre 169 to take a 77-run lead.

Resuming on 10 for one in their second innings, Tamil Nadu could take the field only after lunch today because of fog and play lasted a little over an hour before bad light interrupted once again.

Only 14 overs of play was possible on the day and Tamil Nadu were 28 for two in 25 overs when the play was called off.

Tamil Nadu are now placed fourth with 17 points, while Railways, who could earn just one point from this tie, continue to top the table with 21 points.

Brief scores:

Tamil Nadu: 246 (Ramaswamy Prasanna 117; Anureet Singh 5/67) & 28 for two (KB Arun Karthik not out 10).

Railways: 169 (Karn Sharma 51; Laxmipathy Balaji 4/31, J Kaushik 3/45).

J&K thrashes Assam by 9 wkts

J&K thrashes Assam by 9 wkts

Jammu: Pacer Samiullah Beigh grabbed four wickets in an impressive bowling spell on the fourth and final morning to set up Jammu and Kashmir's nine-wicket victory over Assam here today.

Beigh claimed all the four Assam wickets that fell today to end with innings figures of 6 for 42, his first five-for in this Ranji season.

Riding on Beigh's early onslaught, J&K skittled Assam out for 195 before the home side batsmen chased down the target of 32 runs to give them their fourth win in six games.

Assam began the fourth and final day on a slippery 156 for 6 and they would have hoped to find a way to salvage a draw. Instead, Beigh struck between the 46th and 54th overs to bundle the visiting side out.

Assam's second innings lasted just 10.4 overs today and they added 39 runs at the expense of four wickets.

J&K achieved the target in 6.2 overs but lost opener Adil Rishi (13), thus wasting their chance of claiming the extra bonus point.

Jammu & Kashmir collected six points from their outright win while Assam got none.

Brief Score:

Jammu & Kashmir: 427 and 32 for 1 beat Assam 263 and 195 (Abu Nechim Ahmed 50; Samiullah Beigh 6/42) by 9 wickets.

Points: Jammu & Kashmir 6, Assam 0.